H1 ELA Module

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Description of Tool or App
Visual poet is an app designed at allowing individuals to be creative combining two typologies of media: words and images. The app itself is black with diagonal lines and three, white, connected, square panels in the middle. The design of the app correlates with some good design elements. It provides a black background with white and gray features. The text is centered; however it is fairly small in the image boxes. There are three panels which allow the user to fill with pictures, either taken from a personal photo library or from services like Flickr, Tumblr, or Google. Depending on the service, users are able to browse by terms, or they may choose to specify from which you want to get the photos. Once the preferences are defined, users choose to either be redirected to their library or to a screen where images from one of the external services are being loaded. After the image is chosen, users can select a square area from it that they want to appear on their visual poetry file. After that process, users can add their own text, which is displayed in a magnet poetry style. Text can be enlarged or decreased in size. All panels have to be completed before a project can be saved. The completed product can then be shared through email or posted on tumblr.

Benefits of Tool or App

  • Students create visual poems
  • Incorporates the sense of sight with poetry
  • Visuals convey the words of the poem
  • Higher level thinking
  • Creative level of Bloom’s Taxonomy
Constraints of Tool or App
  • Loading times of external services for images
  • Small area of the image available
  • Photo size restrictions
  • Varity of text and size
  • Closes unexpectedly
How To Use Tool or App
Useful Links:
Visual Poet App from Apple
  1. Upon opening the app, users are given choices to create, polish, publish, scrap, browse, or settings
  2. Press the create button to start a new visual poem.
  3. Give your project a title.
  4. List the credits, especially to who provided the photos that will be used in the poem.
  5. Give some additional thoughts in the third text box. This could be used to reiterate essential questions to the assignment.
  6. Tap on the square.
  7. On the bottom right of the screen, choose either “Existing Image” (if using a photo from a previous project) or “New Image.”
  8. There are several choices when choosing the “New Image” option. These options are to select photos from Tumblr, Flickr, Google, or Library.
  9. When choosing the Tumblr, Flickr, or Google option, users input key terms for searching. Flickr provides a “Today’s Interesting Photos” option.
  10. Once you have decided on a photo tap on it and tap on the “use” button.
  11. A red square will highlight an area that will be transferred to the photo box of your poem.
  12. You may increase the area by stretching it with two fingers.
  13. Double tap the selection when you are satisfied with the photo.
  14. Tap in the panel to add text to the photo.
  15. To change the text size, tap on the large or small text icon to increase or decrease text size.
  16. Tap outside of the text box.
  17. You can drag the text box and place anywhere on the photo.
  18. Swipe the page to the right to return to the creation page.
  19. Repeat steps 6 through 18 for the remaining two squares.
  20. Tap on the “save” button to complete the project. All panels must be completed before saving.
  21. Your visual poem will remain on the left side of the screen and the home screen options will appear on the right.
  22. You can now publish your visual poem to Tumblr or an email option.

Original Artifact of Tool or App (created by someone in your house)
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Classroom Uses for Tool or App

Student Uses
  • Student created poem
  • Connecting imagery to words
  • Review figurative language
  • Citing Sources
  • Collaboration


Teacher Uses
  • Technology integration
  • Formative Assessment of concepts
  • Cross Curriculum opportunity